Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Yahoo Acquires Meedio
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 03:00 PM
"Yahoo has acquired most of the technology from Meedio, which makes software that turns PCs into DVRs (digital video recorders) and digital media organizers and links them with television sets, Meedio announced on Monday. The technology acquisition seems intended to bolster the TV component of the Yahoo Go initiative to provide the company's online services via multiple devices, such as TVs and mobile phones. Meedio's products include Meedio Essentials, a media center application that lets users organize digital photos, music, and movies on their PCs and access them via a TV using a remote control. Meedio Essentials also provides weather information, maps, news, and games and can be extended with add-ons created by third-party developers. Meedio also makes Meedio TV, which turns PCs into digital video recorders and includes features for storing and organizing recorded programs."
Now here's an interesting development - Meedio is essentially a competitor to Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition, along the lines of Snapstream's Beyond TV. By being bought out by Yahoo, it opens up some interesting possibilities. Yahoo has the clout to bring their version of Meedio to the masses, and if it's more flexible and less restrictive in terms of hardware than MCE is, it could prove to be quite popular.
Now here's an interesting development - Meedio is essentially a competitor to Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition, along the lines of Snapstream's Beyond TV. By being bought out by Yahoo, it opens up some interesting possibilities. Yahoo has the clout to bring their version of Meedio to the masses, and if it's more flexible and less restrictive in terms of hardware than MCE is, it could prove to be quite popular.
